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Olenidae
Taxonomy
Olenidae was named by Burmeister (1843). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Opisthoparia by Walcott (1908); to Olenina by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Agnostida by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968); to Ptychopariida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Asaphida by Bao and Jago (2000).
It was assigned to Opisthoparia by Walcott (1908); to Olenina by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Agnostida by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968); to Ptychopariida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Asaphida by Bao and Jago (2000).
Subtaxa
Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Balnibarbiinae, Beltella, Boeckaspis, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Hypermecaspis, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastides (syn. Parabolinopsis, Andesaspis, Chungkingaspis), Leptoplastinae, Neolenus, Oleninae (syn. Triarthrinae), Olenus (syn. Simulolenus), Parabolina, Parabolinella (syn. Moxomia), Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Sphaerophthalmus, Westergaardites, Westergardia, Wujiajiania
Sister taxa
Acrocephalitidae, Aldonaiidae, Antagmidae, Asaphiscidae, Atopidae, Bigotinidae, Bolaspididae, Catillicephalidae, Cedariidae, Changshaniidae, Conocoryphidae, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Dokimocephalidae, Ellipsocephalidae, Ellipsocephaloididae, Elviniidae, Estaingiidae, Eulomidae, Holocephalinidae, Isocolidae, Ityophoridae, Kingstoniidae, Lisaniidae, Llanoaspididae, Lonchocephalidae, Lorenzellidae, Mapaniidae, Marjumiidae, Menomoniidae, Nepeidae, Norwoodiidae, Palaeolenidae, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Ptychopariidae, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuridae, Tengfengiidae, Tricrepicephalidae, Utiidae, Yunnanocephalidae
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Olenidae Burmeister |
| 1908 | Olenidae Walcott p. 36 |
| 1957 | Olenidae Harrington and Leanza |
| 1968 | Olenidae Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 785 |
| 1997 | Olenidae Whittington et al. p. 302 |
| 2000 | Olenidae Bao and Jago pp. 887, 900 |
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